Monday, November 25, 2013
Mrs. Sheinfeld 8th Grade Math
In Mrs. Sheinfeld's 8th Grade accelerated pre- algebra class, students explored real life situations and studied the patterns and sequences that emerged. Working cooperatively in pairs, they followed the illustrations of the sequence, and pictorially predicted the next image. Next, they described the change between one outcome and the following one verbally. After translating their findings onto a numerical function table, students were able to naturally derive their own equations, both direct variation as well as linear, without ever even having been taught those terms. The last portion of the activity had them creating a line graph of their finding and plotting the resulting point. Take a look at what we've learned without even "learning"!
